The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-11

we voted IN the fore part OF the day
as the President of the Quorum of the
| Apostles and of the church. He seems
to feel, he has told US, in view of the
frequency OF the departure OF our
leaders, and has intimated that be eX-
poets this time will come in it's
turn. If we were still IT the fog of the
darkness of the world we once were be
fore we came TO the knowledge of the
| truth such remarks would be most sad
| dening unto Us; but when we contem-
plate it in the light in which he looks at
| it, that when he bids US adieu he eX-
poets an introduction into the society of
the apostles and Datriarchs that have
gone before US, 1t gives another color to
! the scene entirely. 1t brings TO mind q
sense of the fact of the meeting and
congratulations of children and parents
and brothers and sisters that wait the
faithful children OF God when they pass
from this life into that which is be
| yond. Latter-day Saints who 1--we their
religion having testimony of Jesus,
have no fear OF death. We look at 1t
as but stepping stone from one apart
ment of Gods great creation 20
another. When we leave our kindred
here. we will be united with greater
number there; and some of our very
Searest kindred are there waiting
for us. Wives, parents, fathers and
! mothers. brothers and sisters. children
of all ages await our presence there.
A multitude of our kindred dead await
Us and our labors here, to know when
we can 90 and tell them what we have
done for them here in the flesh, that
| they, rejoicing with US, may contem-
plate the glorious anticipations, when
| they will come rising from the dead
| triumphant, and rise unto the labCr5
| and blessings of q more extended
work. which they are now resting
from-resting their wearied mortality.
| The spirit that never dies, that has hfe
and eternal vigor and bloom, Is relieved
from these cumberous clods OF clay and
can look and behold, and can again
| hear and cOntemplat that labor to an
extent that we know not of in this life.
! We, this afternoon, partake OF the
! Sacrament of the Lords Supper; it is q
| subject for US to crown the final labOr5
| of our Conference with, when We con-
| template our existence here, our exist
ence in the other lives, before we, came
aud whence We go, we have to bear in
mind the one great central figure Of this
worlds existence and character and
| honor and power; the character of the
earth and all that in it is, the great Re
deemer thereof, from the law of sin and
death; and it is He, too, to whom il you
and l should ever be permitted 10 at
tain to the redemption from the dead
and the exsltation for which we hope,
that We shall Sng songs of gl6ry and
| honor 10 His name, as 1.-THE
| One that has redeemed -t rs
from every nation, kindred tongue and
people. Then seeing there is such g
character thatsustaiDs such q relation
! to all the human family, il w0aidsbe
| betting If they all understood how TO
partake of the ordinance tn should
keep Him truly and faithfully IN mind
in their Obedient hearts. This is an
institution since the crucifCtiOn, SINCE
the shedding of His blood, instituted
| by Him to keep the great fact IN mind.
las oft as We eat this bread and drink
this wine" says he, I'VE do it in re-
membrance of me-" Now 1 would like
to call your attention a moment or two,
for have but few more moments to
speak-to the existence of this great
and glorious character. The prophets
| from the ancient times of Noah down,
have, by the lives which they have left
on record, songs they have sung, they
have entertained a knowledge, =, Of
this great character to be the Grand
Redeemer. And it is a wondrous thing
when We contemplate it how
that memory was perpetuated. 1t has
been in the minds OF great many who
are before me, as we'll as in my own,
what was the great nature and object OF
sacrificing and shedding so much blood
of bulls and goats and making sacri-
| fees OF these kinds in the way that
they were done? Let US go back to the
beginning and see if we cannot see foti
what it is. When our Father Adam
and Mother Eve had, through the act
of disobedience, forfeited the presence,
OF God. and were driven out eastward
| from the Garden of Eden, the early
records tell US that an angel came t,
| Adam, when he was offering sacrifice,
and asked him, What are you offer
ing sacrifice for2" Here he was in the
presence of the Father and BEARD the
voice of God, and then, punished for his
sin, he did not know what it was;
what he was performing this sacrifice
| for. Says he, 81 know not; only
that the Lord commanded me. 'E - Now.
said the angel to him, 81 will tell you.s
| You are commanded to offer this .sacri-
| fee in remembrance of the Only Begot-
ten of the Father, who shall come in
| the meridian of time, and shall shed
his blood as lamb slain from before
the foundation of theworld for the re-
| demptioB of the human family About
this time Father Adam got his eyes
open TO great work ahead that is tor
say, he began to remember since he
aToke out of his great sleep what he
previously knew. The Lord don't seem
to have had any library that he consid-
cred proper to hand Adam to. read.
Adam had not heard of printing press.
L will warrant you, at this time, and
had no idea of carrying a pencil and
tablet in his pocket to keep an account
of the days proceedings. But at this
time the Lord wanted to plant in Adams
bosom principle in connection with
the law of the gospel, and baptism for
the remission of sins connected with it.
and We are told that after the angel
had explained these things, the holy
spirit gathered Adam up, and put him
under the water and brought him out
of the water. And the holy ghost
rested upon him and bore record and
told him that he should remember
these things that he should teach Them
to his children; and says he, IF yolf
will remember these things and teach
them 10 your children, YOU shall have